MY JOURNEY CONTINUES...

Oct 16, 2009

ok, where do I begin.....yesterday I saw the nutritionist, went to the new patient seminar, and MOST importantly, had my first surgeon consult!  Dr. Abkin is the BEST and so are his patients! I was talking to one of his post op patients while I was in the waiting room. She could tell I was nervous and a bit scared because I WAS! She talked with me for a while and the more she talked to me, the better I felt. The office staff was GREAT as well. Love them guys.

20 questions (more like 50...lol)...I had a list of questions for Dr. Abkin. I just knew I was going to wear him out asking my questions but he answered most of them when he went over the procedure, complications, and our plan of action to avoid them. I tell you, this man is GOOD! I felt like I could take over the world when our consult was over.  

I have United Healthcare and they don't require the 6 month supervised diet. I saw the nutritioinist already so now I just need my psych eval, get labwork done, and an endoscopy. My psych eval is tomorrow at 8am and my appointment for the endoscopy is 10/20th. I will find time to squeeze in my labs next week.

BUT WAIT!!!!  I haven't told you the best news of all. I HAVE A SURGERY DATE!!!! NOVEMBER 23RD! I AM SO EXCITED!!!

Hopefully everything continues to go smoothly and I can keep my surgery date. We know how things can change last minute.

I haven't submitted my paperwork to my ins company yet and I have a surgery date. Once I have my psych eval tomorrow, they will send the results to my ins company and my ins company will get it over to my surgeon. My surgeon will submit his letter of medical necessity and with the nutritionist notes for an approval. I have a contact person with my ins company and she told me the approval process takes 2-3 days max!

I also need an Angel.  Anyone know where I can find one?!

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